Good Timing for QB Change | FinHeaven - Miami Dolphins Forums

Good Timing for QB Change

S

Shouright

☠️ Banned ☠️
Joined
May 18, 2004
Messages
15,051
Reaction score
18
Age
52
THIS is the week to put in Sage.

Why?

1) Saban emphasizes process over results. Sure we beat the Saints, but we continued to have too much inaccuracy from the QB position. Changing QBs now underscores the cornerstone of Saban's coaching philosophy.

2) We demonstrated that we can win on offense by running the ball. That takes the pressure off the QB. If Sage is inserted now, he won't have nearly the pressure on him to carry the offense.

3) We'll be playing at home against a good team that's favored to beat us. Teams typically get very motivated to play when they're underdogs at home. Sage would reap the benefits of having a very motivated team around him. And if we have a new QB starting the game, the rest of the team would probably play even harder to compensate for his newness. This is probably what happened in Philly with Feeley when McNabb went down.

4) Starting Sage now would be the opposite of a "panic" (read: DW) response by Saban. Starting him against the Saints would've sent a message of panic to the team and put a ton of pressure on Sage to salvage the season. Starting him after a win on the road does none of that.

I think we can still beat the Falcons with Gus starting, but if we're going to start Sage at some point this season, this is the week to do it.
 
I agree. Last week there was too much wrong with the team to point to any one position such as QB as the scapegoat to get the offense working again. This week, literally everything on offense was firing on all cylinders EXCEPT the quarterback.

So, I mean, Saban has got to be running out of excuses. I will be very disappointed in him as a coach if he takes the easy route and maintains the status quo just because we won and he doesn't want to disrupt the chemistry or some bs like that. QB play was awful. Everything else was good. Make the switch. Unless they just KNOW that Sage really is THAT BAD.
 
There was no excuses for QB lately, Sage isnt in because he would hurt our season and considering he is gone next year why even try to play him. Get Gus comfortable with our WR so if he is still the QB next year while we adapt a rookie he will know the recievers.
 
And for the last time use Boston more. On slants and drags, crossing routes where he can run over some DBs. And then hit him with a bomb like you did today (just don't fumble) As far as the QB switch I would like to see better results from our QB like hitting open receivers and getting one of the best TEs back in the game but I just don't know if Sage is that guy. But this would be a good game to throw him in at the last minute then ATL wouldn't be as ready as they would for Gus.
 
I'm with you on Sage.

Is he going to set the world on fire?

No.

I do feel, though, that a change has to be made.

The QB play has been painful, and, yesterday was awful.

No excuse for missing wide open recievers.
 
I say give Sage a try--in the first half. Bringing him in mid game does seem like a panic move.
 
WestCoastPhins said:
There was no excuses for QB lately, Sage isnt in because he would hurt our season and considering he is gone next year why even try to play him. Get Gus comfortable with our WR so if he is still the QB next year while we adapt a rookie he will know the recievers.
Click to expand...

Oh Please no!!
 
rainmaker1313 said:
Oh Please no!!
Click to expand...
:rofl3: :rofl3: :lol: :lol:
I agree this Gus character is NOT going to be the QB here next season, forget about it. Are you kidding me?
 
It seem Saban is set on Gus....

Let see what Saban has to say about Gus in the Monday conference.
 
I disagree with putting Sage in. Sage is not in our plans, he is no different than Feeley. If he were any good Saban wouldn't have made those comments about "he through 'ONE' pass"...in other words Saban's body language was "he through 'ONE' pass, 'WOW', he ain't that good, trust me". If you notice that is kind of what Saban's reaction was. Remember, Cleo Lemon is our developmental QB, not Sage. Sage is a goner next season. Gus is under contract and probably will be the backup next season with Cleo being either the 3rd string or win the starter job in preseason...depending on who we aquire: a free agent proven player(making Cleo the 3rd string/Gus the 2nd string) or draft a rookie who won't start the first year(developing behind a Cleo or Gus. If we continue to struggle, I see the Dolphins inserting Lemon in in the final 4 games after he has learned the playbook behind Gus and Sage. Saban is not about to try Sage out unless he sees Sage in his plans. Which I don't think he does.
 
  • Why do many think that Sage can do better than Frerotte? What is this based on... a couple of throws here and there when games are long decided or the plays he made in pre-season against guys that are now working for UPS.... What?
  • Sage has been buried on the depth chart his entire career... including this season... he is only moved to the number 2 because they WANTED to dump Feeley... and lets not forget the guys he was BEHIND for years weren't exactly lighing it up in the NFL.
  • Do you see practice..no. Do you have the knowledge that Sage has a firm grasp of the offense...no. You HOPE that Sage can produce.... you don't know..... And it makes no difference that YOU want to find out
  • Do we need better play at the position ... yes..... But the same can be said about many that currently take the field as Dolphins.
  • This is not an endorsement for Frerotte but and attempt to put things in perspective.
  • Be patient... things will get sorted out by the guys that get paid to sort them out.... they are the ones who are accountable.... not fans.
 
minus said:
It seem Saban is set on Gus....

Let see what Saban has to say about Gus in the Monday conference.
Click to expand...

Well as much as he has somewhat defended Gus, I halfway expect him to say......... "We got some great play from the QB position, we hit on a couple of plays and we're going to continue to improve there"
 
With 188 yds rushing from Ricky & Ronnie that should of made the passing game wide open, yet there wasn't a bit of difference, no improvement. I don't have the answer, but Saban surely must not be blind to all this, or is his trust in Linehan blinding him to reality?
 
I'm sure that as soon as Sage proves when he takes the field that he is better than Gus we will see him in. Until that time I dont care to see him at QB. Its not like we have a great backup QB on this team, or a QB that we got young that has shown promise. I'm sure that if Sage proves he's better Saban will start him.
 
shouright said:
THIS is the week to put in Sage.

Why?


2) We demonstrated that we can win on offense by running the ball. That takes the pressure off the QB. If Sage is inserted now, he won't have nearly the pressure on him to carry the offense.
Click to expand...

All we proved is that we can run on the saints...let's wait and see what happens the next few weeks as teams get better than the saints and as they start expecting the run instead of the pass (based on our past playcalling ratio the saints had to be expecting more passes) before we assume that we can solidly run the football.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom